Gregg Saldutti

Hoboken, NJ, 07030

Proven Senior Business Analyst

Increase operational efficiency and reduce costs for the financial services industry

through business process improvement and delivering new and improved applications.

www.saldutti.com

Summary of Qualifications

· Sr. Business Analyst who has built up a deep understanding about the structure and operations of capital markets, and about the external conditions companies face (e.g. competitor strengths/weaknesses, regulatory authorities, market structure etc.), one that companies turn to for advice when they need to roll out a large new strategic initiative, or when they need to fix deep structural problems inside their business, and one that thinks deeply about the issues, and that can lead teams into implementation with efficiency and precision.

· Senior Business Analyst with full system development lifecycle experience, including designing, developing, and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes

· Nine years as a proprietary trader in Fixed Income, FX, Repo, Equity and Debt Syndicate underwriting and Derivatives. Transitioned from trading to technology immediately following the 1998 Russian financial crisis, which sparked a panic throughout global markets as the devalued ruble severely impacted global trading, and froze assets.

· Strong front-office functional and operational background fosters ability to bridge between trading desk and technology groups in order to ensure technology solutions meet business objectives

· Experienced in gathering and prioritizing requirements, performing extensive analysis and documentation in the form of the Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Requirements Document (FRD) and Use Cases for effective system implementation

· Experienced in analyzing and defining Business Process Modeling and managing UAT (User Acceptance Testing)

· Experienced in traditional SDLC (Waterfall Project Management), with knowledge of Agile software development methodology

· Adhere to BABOK (Business Analysis Book of Knowledge) Standards

· Accustomed to fast pace and multiple projects, fulfilling priorities and meeting deadlines while maintaining high customer service levels and tight financial controls

· Excellent communication, facilitation and elicitation skills. Creative and flexible problem solver who identifies inefficiencies in a process and drives change

· Created and conducted demonstrations and training for senior management and end users

· Familiarity with rules such as MiFID II, Reg. SHO, Reg. M/105, Reg. NMS, Rule 605/606, Front Running, Side by Side, Limit Up/Limit Down, Large Trader, TRACE reporting, OATS, CATS – which can result in sanctions if violated.

Areas of Expertise

· Excellent knowledge of Bloomberg and other relevant market and analytical software

· Prime Brokerage front office trading experience, provided Latin American and other Hedge Funds with financing, execution, custody and reporting services

· Derivatives included: Collateralized mortgage obligation (CMOs), Collateralized bond obligations (CBOs) Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) and.

· Fixed Income instruments included: Brady Bonds, US Treasuries, US Treasury Futures, local currency T-Bills (Turkey, Lebanon, and Ukraine), EUR corporate and government debt, Russian MinFins (Ministry of Finance), Russian Prins (Principal bonds), and Russian Corporate Debt (Gazprom, TATNEFT and City of Moscow). Also, traded French Government Bonds of all maturities (OATs, BTFs, and BTANs), German BUNDS, United Kingdom GILTs, Ireland PUNTs and bonds of some Commonwealth nations including South Africa and India

· Foreign Exchange instruments included: Spot, Forwards, NDFs, Currency Futures, Interest Rate Swaps, and Currency Options

· Wallstreet Suite provided treasury management trading, and settlement software solutions and services for workflow, control, and productivity for corporate treasury, bank treasury, central banking, forex trading, and back office operations

· GLOSS (Gloss is a real-time, multi-currency, transaction processing engine which automated the trade processing of the full lifecycle). Gloss processed trades executed in 90 different countries and provided connectivity to over 250 custodians (internationally)

· Extensive experience with the full trade lifecycle. Order initiation and delivery and order routing. Order matching and conversion into trade. Affirmation and confirmation and Clearing and Settlement

· Extensive experience with integration and maintenance of fixed income and equity trading system

· Experience with integration and maintenance of static data feeds

· Experience in dealing with APAC, EMEA and AMER regions

· Developed runbooks for maintenance and testing purposes

· GIFTS (Global Integrated Funds Transfer and Telecommunications System), GIFTSWEB was a comprehensive anti-money laundering OFAC, e-banking, and customer relationship management payment system. GIFTSWEB has extensive functionality to meet regulatory requirements of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Asset and Control (OFAC), The Federal Reserve Bank, and the USA Patriot Act of 2001

· Swift Messing (Transactions-MT540-MT549), (Reporting-MT900,910,935,940,941,942,950, MT535-MT537), (Corporate Actions-MT564-MT568)

· Corporate Syndicate including IPO and secondary equity and debt offerings, leveraging corporate relationships, research and sales distribution capabilities

· Extensive experience with Word, Excel, Project, Visio, SharePoint and Power Point

BNY Mellon January 2018 to Present

Consultant/Senior Business Analyst

Corporate Treasury Technology/MiFID II

· Excellent understanding of MIFID II Pre/Post Trade transparency, obligations, transaction reporting and best execution

· Experience dealing with and communication with regulators such as ESMA, FCA, AFM

· Technical understanding of Transaction Reporting obligations MiFIR RTS 22

· Experience working with Development teams and Product teams understanding technical requirements

· Managing all aspects of stakeholder interaction through the process e.g. engaging with business users, technical & operations teams

· Knowledge of regulatory requirement (MiFID, EMIR, REMIT)

· Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and translate technology functional requirements to all stakeholder

Projects include:

· Account Opening Workflow system for MiFID reportable accounts

· Counterparty Opening Workflow system for MiFID reportable accounts

· Trader Onboarding to Aladdin for MiFID reportable users

· Convert from TRAX to Tradeweb

· Pre-Trade/Orders data capture

· MTF (Bloomberg and Tradeweb) onboarding

· Strong background in AGILE project methodology (from story, development, testing, and production release)

Codicari, LLC March 2017 to December 2017

Senior Business Analyst

· Convert business to Microsoft Office 365

· Develop configuration requirements document and obtain approval from business owners.

· Plan and execute assigned configuration tasks within deadlines.

· Assist in system analysis, design, development, and testing activities.

· Develop and maintain configuration policies and procedures.

Moody’s Investor Service November 2015 to December 2016

Consultant/Senior Business Analyst

Phoenix – Moody’s Billing System, is the system used to invoice clients. Phoenix provides a single platform in which Moody’s manages customer accounts, creates and sends invoices, and tracks payments and past-due accounts

· Worked closely with project managers and business users to gather, analyze, refine and formalize requirements

· Conducted JAD and brainstorming sessions with the business users and stakeholders

· Developed detailed FRDs based on the BRD, incorporating business process flow diagram(s) and use cases

· Used SQL extensively for extracting billing code data from various databases

· Designed, developed and implemented test plans and test cases

· Presented detailed requirements, specs, and test cases to obtain stakeholder sign-off

· Oversaw testing of existing and new functionality in Phoenix to ensure that the application functioned as specified in the BRD/FRD, use cases, and design.

BNY Mellon / Pershing January 2015 to September 2015

Consultant/Senior Business Analyst

NetX360 is Pershing’s digitally enabled professional platform for broker-dealers, wealth managers and advisors. NetX360 provides a single workstation with a single sign-on. Worked directly with external NetX360 clients, including Barclays Wealth Management and Citibank

· Led JAD brainstorming sessions with business users and project managers to formalize ideas and gather preliminary requirements for a Business Valuation Assessment (BVA)

· Presented Statement of Work (SOW) to clients and division supervisors for sign-off

· Created KYC functional documents and refined Compliance business requirement specifications to overhaul the business process that hosted day to day client onboarding

· Analyzed the requirements data, and created BRD/FRD for sign-off from both division supervisors and external clients

· Designed process flow diagrams using Visio

· Presented BRD/FRD for sign-off by both division supervisors and external clients

· Collaborated extensively with business and technical colleagues to deliver optimal business process solutions, in line with corporate priorities

· Designed, developed and implemented test plans and test cases

· Oversaw testing of existing and new functionality in NetX360 to ensure that the application functioned as specified in the BRD/FRD, use cases, and design.

SS&C Technologies Canada Corp May 2013 to December 2014

Senior Business Analyst

· Global Wealth Platform (GWP), a retail wealth management software suite of products designed to support all asset classes and portfolio types to provide maximum flexibility to run clients’ accounts and wealth management accounting

· GWP retail components include modeling, trading, portfolio accounting, client communications and workflows. Lightning is a web-based processing for fixed income capital markets which automates a range of processes, including, trading, sales, funding, accounting, risk analysis and asset/liability management

As a Senior Business Analyst:

· Wrote clear and detailed requirement specs and test cases and obtained signoff from stakeholders

· Ensured that the implementation of GWP and all new ancillary applications met the needs of the business, and workflows functioned properly

· Supplied, configured and troubleshot computer software, including financial/accounting,

management and industry-specific software

· Designed and improved workflow procedures from front office to back office for foreign exchange and fixed income trading

· Assisted clients with financial reporting, bookkeeping and regulatory compliance

· Conducted staff training, and needs analysis

· Managed and tested FX Spot and FX Forwards in production and test environments for the entire trade lifecycle

· Created the Foreign Exchange Guide for use by internal and external users

· Created the Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) Guide for use by internal and external users

· Presented sales demonstrations via WebEx when needed to assist salespersons

· Extensively used SQL for accessing and manipulating database systems

· Ability to collaborate with peers in both business, and technical areas, to deliver optimal business process solutions, in line with corporate priorities

· Designed, developed and implemented test plans and test cases

· Developed runbooks for maintenance and testing purposes

· Wrote BRDs for Unidentified Large Trader Report, Unidentified Large Trader Report for Prime Brokerage and Employee Trading Front- running

· OATs Reporting for a client which was a large broker dealer and wealth manager

General Motors Corporation September 2012 to April 2013

Senior Business Analyst

· Implemented and configured a STP Treasury Management Software System (Wall Street Systems Suite)

· Managed and tested the full lifecycle for SWIFT messages in production and test environments to ensure connectivity to custodian banks

· Documented system bugs and delivered reports to R&D for recommended system changes

· Ensured that the implementation of the Wall Street Systems Core Banking platform and all new ancillary applications meets the needs of the business, and workflows functioned properly

· Led review sessions for completed business/functional requirements with key business users focused on gaining consensus and final business approval

· Participated in the development of User Acceptance Test planning documentation, including test plans and scripts, based on business and functional requirements

· Facilitated UAT execution phase and worked with business stakeholders and project managers to obtain user acceptance test signoff

· Provided Capital Markets subject matter expertise to the IT team throughout the project. Reviewed development and test deliverables as needed

· Participated in internal status meetings with both local development teams as well as integrated sessions with Global teams

· Collaborated with peers in both business and technical areas to deliver optimal business process solutions, in line with corporate priorities

Bank of America Merrill Lynch June 2008 to July 2012

Senior Business Analyst

· Managed software and configuration changes on Test and Production environments for fixed income and foreign exchange front office trading systems. Systems supported were WinFITS, Martini, APEX, Altair, Sierra, Merrill FX and Pioneer Sales Workstation (PSW) for the entire trade lifecycle

· Analyzed causes of production problems and developed methods for improvement

· Resolved all trading issues by coordinating with clients, dealers and internal units

· Understood the criticality/client impact and overall business flow of supported applications

· Worked closely with the Application Development team to ensure proper handoffs of business and technical knowledge

· Partnered with the Application Development teams to successfully deploy changes to production

· Took ownership of supported applications to support changes and full cycle tracking of prod issues

· Performed Root Cause Analysis for outages and incidents, post incident analysis, etc.

· Took ownership of production issues, related incidents and end user requests

· Demonstrated proactive initiatives to help stabilize and improve plant

· Investigated issues through application logs, code, database, etc.
Escalated effectively and communicate in a timely manner to provide progress updates on issues and tasks

· Supported a 24 x 7 environment providing weekend team coverage

· Performed and automated proactive & reactive Ready-For-Business checks

Capgemini December 2007 to June 2008

Manager/Senior Business Analyst

Project at BNY Mellon, New York, December 2007 to February 2008

· Worked with Fund Administration, Information Management and Global Admin Product business users to understand and prioritize business requirements for new functionality request

· Provided Capital Markets subject matter expertise to the IT team throughout the project. Reviewed development and test deliverables as needed

Project at Lehman Brothers, New York, February 2008 to June 2008

· Provided customized technology (provided hedge fund managers with portfolio reporting needed to effectively manage money) including 500 daily and monthly report templates that enabled clients to effectively manage their businesses

· Provided Capital Markets subject matter expertise to the IT team throughout the project. Reviewed development and test deliverables as needed

· Designed, developed and implemented test plans and test cases

Deutsche Bank AG February2004 to December 2007

Consultant/Senior Business Analyst

· Wrote clear and detailed requirement specs and test cases and obtained signoff from stakeholders

· Senior Business Analyst and SME, writing business requirements and functional specifications in regard to Gloss and GIFTS (Global Integrated Funds Transfer & Telecommunications System)

· Developed detailed Functional Requirements Document (FRD) based on the BRD, incorporating business process flow diagram, use cases and use case diagrams

· Planned, facilitated, and conducted requirements elicitation sessions, meetings, and presentations

· Led discussions with key stakeholders to investigate workflows and business processes to be augmented or enhanced with technology

· Participated in the development of User Acceptance Test planning documentation, including test plans and scripts, based on business and functional requirements

· Provided Capital Markets subject matter expertise to the IT team throughout the project. Reviewed development and test deliverables as needed

· Extensive experience with the full trade lifecycle including order initiation, routing and delivery, risk management, order matching and conversion into trade (affirmation, confirmation, clearing and settlement)

· Extensively used SQL for accessing and manipulating databases

· Designed, developed and implemented test plans and test cases

· Experience with integration and maintenance of static data feeds

· Experience in dealing with APAC, EMEA and AMER regions

Wachovia Capital Markets September 2002 to February 2004

now known as Wells Fargo

Consultant/Senior Business Analyst

· Worked with developers and technical teams with the implementation of ADP/Wilco’s GLOSS
STP, multi-currency settlement system. Analyzed and documented user requirements and parsed data from Gloss accounting transactional reports for risk management

· Developed runbooks for maintenance and testing purposes

· Performed extensive OFAC testing for all accounts set up in Gloss

Wilco Systems, Inc. December 2000 to August 2002

now known as Broadridge Financial Solutions

Senior Business Analyst

· Wrote clear and detailed requirement specs and test cases and obtained signoff from stakeholders

· Acted as SME and Senior Business Analyst between new clients and firm’s sales and development staff for the gathering of client requirements for implementation of firm’s Gloss trade settlement product at client sites. Contributed to successful implementation of firm’s Gloss product at major brokerage companies by completion of mappings to Gloss for database of client’s security attributes and requirement documentation.

· Extensive experience with integration and maintenance of fixed income and equity trading system

· Experience with integration and maintenance of static data feeds

· Experience in dealing with APAC, EMEA and AMER regions

· Developed runbooks for maintenance and testing purposes

· Facilitated JAD sessions to identify user’s requirements and recommendations. Captured requirements through document analysis, meetings and brainstorming sessions with the users

· Extensively used SQL for accessing and manipulating database systems

· Involved in the following client projects with testing and implementation of GLOSS

o Marco Polo Network, New York, NY

o Jefferies & Company, London

o Bank of America Securities, London

o Societe Générale and other institutional broker – dealers

Deutsche Bank AG November 1998 to December 2000

Senior Business Analyst, Global Institutional Services

· Monitored the daily interaction of the Corporate Action Reconciliation Management System, Global Network and S.W.I.F.T. interface with Agent Banks to assist Business Users to identify and eliminate customer fails.

· Ensured all aspects of trade settlement, clearance, and income processing of corporate actions

were completed

Refco Capital Markets June 1995 to November 1998

Vice President, Emerging Market Fixed Income and Repo trader

· Managed a global fixed income execution and financing desk in Miami and New York

· Traded a $1.2 billion matched repo book in both special and general collateral, financed long and short positions, adapted effectively to market conditions, and produced revenue in all interest rate environments

· Traded US Treasuries and Emerging Market fixed income and currencies

· Traded Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income and Derivatives

CREDIT LYONNAIS SECURITIES December 1989 to May 1995

Vice President, Corporate Syndicate

· Coordinated the sale of IPO and Secondary offerings to institutional investors. Leveraged CLUSA’s research, sales network and corporate relationships

· Traded Credit Lyonnais proprietary products and sold French and German and other non-dollar government and corporate debt to US institutions

EDUCATION

Rutgers College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Political Science

Web Master Certificate

New York Institute of Finance, FINRA Series 7 General Securities RR Prep, Introduction to Financial Accounting, Technical Analysis

Professional Development

President

Rutgers New York City Alumni Club (1999-2001)

Rutgers Michigan Alumni Club (1994-1996)

Rutgers Southern Florida Alumni Club (1996-1998)

Spearheaded high school recruiting, scholarship fundraising, alumni gatherings, and charity events, and mailings. Selected Book Award winners

University Delgi Studi di Urbino, Italy – semester abroad

ITIL: Foundation Level Certified - concepts and terminology used in the ITIL Service Lifecycle, including the linkages between lifecycle stages, the processes used and their contribution to Service Management practices

FINRA Licenses (expired)

· Series 7 (General Securities Representative Exam)

· Series 63 (Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination)

· Series 3 (National Commodity Futures)

· Series 24 (General Securities Principal)